Snow falls on Phila Street ahead of First Night on New Year’s Eve morning. Wishing you and yours a safe and happy New Year’s Eve and 2010. We all have our ups and downs. Try to make the best of it. Cheers. It’s certainly been an eventful 2009. What we’ll remember: – Republicans swept city […]
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We here at Seen are wondering if everyone is going to First Night tonight. Will you be dancing to The Joey Thomas Big Band at the City Center or would you rather toast the new year down on Caroline Street? Just curious. What’s everyone up to?
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The YMCA of Saratoga has shut its eight-lane swimming pool from Dec. 21 through Jan. 4 while Bast Hatfield repaints part of the ceiling that was peeling away above it. A huge tarp was placed over the pool, opened in February 2007, as workers scrapped away the paint. The paint job “didn’t hold,” so the […]
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Skidmore College is putting the final touches on its soon-to-open Arthur Zankel Music Center. Next week, the college’s entire music department and its music program will move into the new $33 million facility from its home of more than 40 years, the Filene Music Building. The new structure will host its first performance in early […]
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Three members of Eternity Church from Albany stopped on Broadway this Christmas Eve in an effort to, as they said, put Christ back in Christmas. One fellow stood by a Santa Claus, who was tied down to a rug with religious songs playing from a boom box. Another stood with a crown and large cross […]
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Public Safety Commissioner Ronald Kim today presented the following statistics of the number of firefighters and police officers working in five similarly-sized upstate cities. Kim argues that emergency protection in the city has fallen below acceptable levels when compared to other cities that don’t have large numbers of tourists visiting them. The City Council cut […]
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Capt. Bob Williams was named chief of the Saratoga Springs Fire Department at 1 p.m. today in City Hall. Williams, 49, will succeed Robert Cogan when Cogan retires Friday after being chief for more than 14 years. Williams was selected by Public Safety Commissioner Ronald Kim over two other candidates, Assistant Chief John Betor and […]
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Here’s something fun to check out this winter. A Time To Remember Carriage and Sleigh Rides is now offering horse drawn rides in the Saratoga Spa State Park on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through the winter months. Rides leave from the Gideon Putnam Resort. To check availability and to schedule a ride, contact Tina at […]
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Public Safety Commissioner Ron Kim and Commissioner-Elect Richard Wirth interviewed candidates for fire chief on Monday, and with Chief Robert Cogan set to retire on Friday, an announcement on his successor could come Wednesday, Kim and Wirth have said. There’s word that Kim also appears poised to name an assistant police chief, but that could […]
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I had a chance to swing by Brittany Nasser’s Saturday fundraiser, held so she can reopen the Last Vestige record store on Broadway under a new name when it closes in January. I was impressed by her story. The 24-year-old store manager at Last Vestige didn’t get mad or depressed when told that her place […]
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